Name: Emergent Bilingual Students and Their Academic Performance
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Emergent Bilingual Students and Their Academic Performance

A Collection of Archival Data Analyses

Edited By: John R. Slate, Clare A. Resilla

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Emergent Bilinguals are a fast-growing but underserved subgroup. Based on multiyear studies of their reading and mathematics performance, this book provides educational leaders, researchers, and policymakers with vital pre-pandemic baselines to inform changes in instruction.

Emergent Bilinguals, formerly known as English Language Learners, are one of the fastest growing subgroups in the United States. Their educational needs are not well…

Emergent Bilinguals, formerly known as English Language Learners, are one of the fastest growing subgroups in the United States. Their educational needs are not well met by the educational system. In this book, we report results of empirical, multiyear studies about their reading and mathematics performance, both at the elementary school and high school levels. Given that state education agencies collect enormous amounts of information that are typically not well analyzed, this book serves as an exemplar of secondary data analyses.
Educational leaders, educational researchers, and legislators and policymakers, will find the chapters in this book useful. Findings from these statewide analyses can provide readers with baselines of the performance of Emergent Bilingual students, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, in reading and in mathematics. Changes in instructional practices and in educational programming could be made based upon the numerous statistical results present in this book.

John R. Slate is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University, USA, where he teaches the K-12 and Higher Education doctoral programs. His research interests lie in the use of educational databases, both at the state and national levels, to reform school practices. To date, he has published over 450 peer-reviewed articles and 13 books, and has chaired, co-chaired, and/or served on over 175 doctoral student dissertation committees.

Clare A. Resilla is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University, USA. She teaches the principal practicum courses and is a field supervisor for school leadership master’s students working toward fulfilling their Texas principal certification. Her research interests focus on Emergent Bilingual students’ academic achievement and women in educational leadership. Prior to being at Sam Houston State University, she was a school principal in Houston, Texas.

Clare A. Resilla, Allie Martin, Stephanie Argueta, Gideon D. Schleeter, Yeri J. Villalobos, Ram Kumar Mishra